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Small business center offers Homer seminars

The Kenai Peninsula’s Small Business Development Center will offer three workshops in Homer in May. They will be…

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SPH CEO recognized as ‘Grass Roots Champion’

The American Hospital Association has announced that Bob Letson, CEO of South Peninsula Hospital, has been recognized as…

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Work on natural gas trunk line progresses

As of Monday, a trunk line to bring natural gas from Anchor Point to Homer is progressing with…

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Fish research funds top $12 million

Fisheries projects throughout the state received a boost in the budget that passed the Legislature.The budget is still…

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Pratt Museum to host next chamber mixer today

The Pratt Museum will host the next Homer Chamber of Commerce mixer from 5-7 p.m. today at the…

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Bear Creek Winery shifts to USA-made products

Bear Creek Winery recently announced it now uses only American-made products for its bottling operations. The winery now…

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Contractor chosen for Homer’s natural gas distribution system

Enstar Natural Gas has selected Utility Technologies Inc. to install the natural gas distribution mains and service lines…

Registration for the Kenai Peninsula College apartments, which are currently under construction, opened Monday. -Photo by Rashah McChesney, Morris News Service - Alaska

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KPC dorm registration opens

Applications are slow, but promising, for the new residence halls at Kenai Peninsula College’s Kenai River Campus in…

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Republicans call session a success

JUNEAU — Republican leaders hailed the just-ended legislative session as a success in which they accomplished some of…

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State, feds agree to study unconventional energy

ANCHORAGE  — The U.S. Department of Energy and the state of Alaska will collaborate on future research of…

Wells Fargo’s Homer Store Manager Tyler Davis, far left, Business Banking Manager Andy Riddell, second from right, and Kenai Peninsula District Manager Patrick Ryland, far right, present members of the Trailblazer 4-H Club with a check for transportation to the Alaska 4-H Horse Bowl in Fairbanks during an open house April 11 at Wells Fargo. Accepting the check for 4-H are members, from left, Dakota Morris, DeeAnn White, Melanie Mastolier and Melissa Clark. Wells Fargo also presented checks to the Homer Council on the Arts, South Peninsula Haven House and the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank.-Photo Provided

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Wells Fargo presents checks to nonprofits

Staff report In a community open house April 11, Wells Fargo officials presented more than $8,000 to four…

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KP borough, union announce tentative contract agreement

The Kenai Borough Employees Association announced last week it had reached a tentative agreement with the Kenai Peninsula…

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Legislature passes oil tax overhaul

JUNEAU — The Alaska Legislature, on the last scheduled day of session Sunday, passed a multibillion-dollar oil tax…